The Play out of Context
Subtitle: Transferring Plays from Culture to Culture
Contributors: Hanna Scolnicov (Editor); Peter Holland (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780521038683
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Translation & interpretation; Performing Arts; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Performing Arts/Dance; Linguistics; Theater - General; Drama--Translating--Congresses; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts : Theater - General; Theater - Playwriting
First sentence: Chekhov did not believe that non-Russian audiences could possibly understand the full meaning of the selling of the estate in The Cherry Orchard.